Safety-gate for railroad-crossings



w. OELENSCHLAG ER AND v, B. ARKLESS. SAFETY GATE FOR RAILROAD CROSSINGS.

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APPLICATION FILED APR.26, I920.

Patented June 21, 1921.

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Specification or letters Patent.

Patented June 21', 1921.

Application filed. April 26, less. Serial No. 376,657.

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that we, JOHN W. Omnscnmonn and Vroros B. AsKr-nss, citizens of the United States, residing in Norristown, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Safely-Gates for Railreed-Crossings, of which the following is n specification.

One object of our invention is to construct 9. safety gate for railway crossings which will close the roadway but will allow for the passage of a vehicle through the gate in the event of she vehicle not stopping before reaching the gate.

A further object of the invention is to provide a. yielding section whichafter a vehicle has passed Will swing back to its original position. i

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a plan view of our improved safety gate;

Fig. 2 is e side view;

Fig. 3 isan enlarged sectionalplan View, illustrating the details of the construction, section being on the line 3-3, Fig. 5.;

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 8 showing the PlVOlZECi section turned at an angle to the body part of the gate; and

Fig. 5 is a. sectional view on the line 5-5, Fig. 3.

l is the standard of the ordinary construction located eione side of a roadway and at one side of the railway. 2 is the body part of the gate pivoted to the sisndai'd at 3; and i is a balance weight used lo allow the ate to be turned freely by the handle, 5 whic is attached to a shaft 6 connected to gearing within the standard, so that on turning the handle the gate can he raised to a vertical position or lowered to a horizontal position as shown in Fig. 2.

Pivoted to the body 2 of the gate at 7 is a yielding section 8 consisting of a hub p0rtion 9 and side members 10 which are connected together at intervals and resemble the ordinary form oi gate, which is made com paretively light. The hub section in the present instance is made in two parts, and is mounted on e pivot pin 7 between the upper and lower members 11 of the body portion 2.

In the present instance integral with the body portion 2 is a chamber 12 in which is ioca'ied a. coiledspring'lfl. Extending through this spring is a rod 14: having at its rear end an enlarged washer 15 held in piece by a nut 1% adjustable on a rod.. The rod extends through a bearing in the forward end of the chamber and is attached to a. rose 17 in the present instance which passes lietween two grooved guide rollers 18 mounted on vertical pivots l9, and is attached to a swivel block 20 of the type shown in Figs having trnnnions 21 mounted in bearings in 'a hub-9. The spring 13 tends to hold the pivoted section 8 normally in line with the oody portion 2 or" the gate so that in all appearances it is similar to the ordinary gate now in common use at railway crossings, but if for any reason a vehicle cannot be stopped at the, gate until it strikes the gate, then the pivoted section will yield until the vehicle comes to a full stop. This action prevents the breaking of the gate which very often occurs, due to the inell'ective brakes on vehicles, or the inability to stop a team in time. As soon as the vehicle is backed oil, the pivoted section will be returned to its normal position. The spring 13 can be adjusted by turning the nut 16 on the rod 14 so as to increase or decrease the tension of the sprino- Q7 and by swiveling the block 20 as shown, 1i)

will accommodate itself to the rope, prevcntin the cutting of the rope at the block.

W e claim:

l. The combination in a safety gate for railway crossings of a standard; a body portion or a gate pivoted to the standard; means for operating the gate; a vertical pivot pin on the body portion; a pivoted section consisting of a hub and extensions mounted on the pivot pin; a cenirally located spring on the body portion; a rod extending through the spring and liavings head bearing against the spring; a rope attached to the rod and connected to the hub; and guides for the rope, said spring tending to hold the pivoted section yieldingly in line with the body portion of the gafie so that it will yield in either direction under pressure. 7

2. The combination in a safety gate for railway crossings of a standard; a body portion of the gate pivoted to the standard, means for operating the gate; a habepivorally mounted on the body portion and hay ing extensions forming with the hub a yield ing section; a spring mounted in the body 4 ortion' :2. rod axtendins thml 'b the 5 tin i c: U

and having a washer bQffil'lll against one end of the spring; means for edgnstmg the Washer; a. rope attached t0 the rod; 2, swivel block mounted on fihe imb e216! to which the rope is connected; twe guide rollers, 02.6 on

portion so that when the yielding section is turne 011 its pivot, the spring will be compressed and the rope will bear against one of the rollers, and the-blockwill accommo date itself to the '0' e.'

JOHN W. ELENSCHLAGER. ViCTOR B. ARKLESS. 

